Interested in the salary information at these firms for other years of experience? Check out the charts below:
2018 1st Year Salaries and Bonuses of the Top Law Firms
2018 3rd Year Salaries and Bonuses of the Top Law Firms
2018 4th Year Salaries and Bonuses of the Top Law Firms
2018 5th Year Salaries and Bonuses of the Top Law Firms
2018 6th Year Salaries and Bonuses of the Top Law Firms
2018 7th Year Salaries and Bonuses of the Top Law Firms
2018 8th Year Salaries and Bonuses of the Top Law Firms
Firm Name | Associate Salaries | Base Salary | Associate Bonuses |
Adams and Reese LLP | NA | NA | NA |
Akerman Senterfitt | NA | Base Salary Boca Raton, Denver, Fort Lauderdale, Miami, Palm Beach, and West Palm Beach 1st year: $145,000 Summer associate: $2,600/week Jacksonville, Naples, Orlando, and Tampa 1st year: $110,000 Summer associate: $2,000/week Chicago, Dallas, New York, Tysons Corner, and Washington, DC 1st year: $150,000 Summer associate: $2,800/week Tallahassee 1st year: $95,000 Summer associate: $1,700/week | NA |
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld | 200000 | Base Salary All offices 1st year: $190,000 2nd year: $200,000 3rd year: $220,000 4th year: $255,000 5th year: $280,000 6th year: $305,000 7th year: $325,000 8th year: $340,000 Summer associate: $3,700/week | NA |
Allen & Overy LLP | 200000 | Base Salary New York, NY 1st year: $190,000 2nd year: $200,000 3rd year: $220,000 4th year: $255,000 5th year: $280,000 6th year: $305,000 7th year: $325,000 8th year: $340,000 Summer associate: $3,654/week | NA |
Alston & Bird LLP | NA | Base Salary Atlanta; North Carolina Offices 1st year: $165,000/ $170,000 (Patent Bar Qualified) Summer associate: $3,000/week Dallas; New York; DC; California Offices 1st year: $190,000 Summer Associate: $3,500/week | NA |
Andrews Kurth LLP | NA | Base Salary 1st year: $180,000 Summer associate: $3,462/week | NA |
Arent Fox | 165000 | Base Salary All offices 1st year: $160,000 2nd year: $165,000 3rd year: $180,000 Summer associate: $3,000/week | NA |
Arnall Golden Gregory LLP | NA | Base Salary 1st year: $130,000 Summer associate: $2,400/week | NA |
Arnold & Porter | 200000 | Base Salary All US Offices 1st year: $190,000 2nd year: $200,000 3rd year: $220,000 4th year: $255,000 5th year: $280,000 6th year: $305,000 7th year: $325,000 8th year: $340,000 Summer associate: $3,654 per week | NA |
Baker & Hostetler LLP | NA | Base Salary Cleveland 1st year: $145,000 Summer associate: $2,788/week Other Offices 1st year: $120,000-180,000 (varies by office) | NA |
Baker & McKenzie | 190000 | Base Salary Miami, FL 1st year: $145,000 Summer associate: $2,788/week Other U.S. Offices 1st year: $180,000 Summer associate: $3,461/week Summer Associate Offers 43 out of 49 (2Ls only) (2017) | NA |
Baker Botts | 200000 | Base Salary US Offices 1st year: $180,000 | NA |
Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz | NA | Base Salary 1st year: $92,000 - $145,000 Summer associate: $1,200 - $2,500/week | NA |
Ballard Spahr LLP | NA | Base Salary Atlanta 1st year: $150,000 Summer associate: $2,900/week Baltimore 1st year: $145,000 Summer associate: $2,800/week Delaware, New Jersey, Philadelphia 1st year: $160,000 Summer associate: $3,100/week LA, NY, DC 1st year: $165,000 Summer associate: $3,200/week Denver, Phoenix 1st year: $130,000 Summer associate: $2,500/week Las Vegas, Salt Lake City 1st year: $125,000 Summer associate: $2,400/week Minneapolis 1st year: $140,000 Summer associate: $2,700/week Sioux Falls 1st year: $100,000 Summer associate: $1,900/week | NA |
Barnes & Thornburg LLP | NA | Base Salary Varies by market: 1st year: $115,000-$165,000/annual Summer associate: $1,000-2,500/week | NA |
Bingham McCutchen LLP | NA | NA | NA |
Blank Rome | NA | Base Salary NY & DC 1st year: $180,000 Summer associate: $3,462/week Philadelphia 1st year: $160,000 Summer associate: $3,077/week | NA |
Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP | 192000 | Base Salary All offices Summer associate: 1L - $3,000/week; 2L and 3L - $3,500/week | NA |
Bracewell LLP | 190000 | Base Salary All offices 1st year: $190,000 2nd year: $200,000 3rd year: $220,000 Summer associate: $3,654/week | NA |
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP | NA | Base Salary Birmingham, AL 1st year: $110,000 Summer associate: $1,300/wk (2L), $1,100/wk (1L) Charlotte, NC 1st year: $130,000 Summer associate: $1,900/wk (2L), $1,700/wk (1L) Huntsville, AL 1st year: $110,000 Summer associate: $1,300/wk (2L), $1,100/wk (1L) Jackson, MS 1st year: $110,000 Summer associate: $1,300/wk (2L), $1,100/wk (1L) Montgomery, AL 1st year: $110,000 Summer associate: $1,300/wk (2L), $1,100/wk (1L) Nashville, TN 1st year: $110,000 Summer associate: $1,800/wk (2L), $1,500/wk (1L) Washington, DC 1st year: $140,000 Summer associate: $2,300/wk (2L), $2,100/wk (1L) | NA |
Brown Rudnick LLP | 190000 | Base Salary 1st year: $160,000 Summer associate: $3,077/week | NA |
Brownstone Appellate Law Firm | NA | NA | NA |
Bryan Cave LLP | Chicago $150000 | Base Salary Colorado, Kansas City, Phoenix: 1st year: $130,000; Summer associate: $2,500/week St. Louis: 1st year: $135,000; Summer associate: $2,596/week Atlanta: 1st year: $150,000; Summer associate: $2,885/week California; Chicago; New York; Washington, DC: 1st year: $160,000; Summer associate: $3,077/week | NA |
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney | NA | NA | NA |
BuckleySandler LLP | 180000 | Base Salary 1st year: $167,500 + minimum of $8,375 401(k) profit sharing 2nd year: $180,000 + minimum of $9,000 401(k) profit sharing 3rd year: $200,000 + minimum of $10,000 401(k) profit sharing 4th year: $223,500 + minimum of $11,175 401(k) profit sharing 5th year: $235,000 + minimum of $11,750 401(k) profit sharing 6th year: $250,000 + minimum of $12,500 401(k) profit sharing | NA |
Buhler Duggal & Henry | NA | NA | NA |
Butler Rubin Saltarelli & Boyd LLP | NA | NA | NA |
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP | 200000 | Base Salary U.S. offices 1st year: $190,000 2nd year: $200,000 3rd year: $220,000 4th year: $255,000 5th year: $280,000 6th year: $305,000 7th year: $325,000 8th year: $340,000 9th year: $350,000 10th year: $360,000 Summer associate: $3,653/week | NA |
Cahill Gordon & Reindel | 200000 | Base Salary 1st year: $190,000 2nd year: $200,000 3rd year: $220,000 4th year: $255,000 5th year: $280,000 6th year: $305,000 7th year: $325,000 8th year: $340,000 Summer associate: $3,654/week | NA |
Campbell & Chadwick, P.C. | NA | NA | NA |
Carlton Fields | NA | Base Salary Atlanta; Hartford 1st year: $135,000 Summer associate: $2,600/week Orlando; Tampa 1st year: $120,000 Summer associate: $2,300/week Los Angeles; New York; Washington, DC 1st year: $155,000 Summer Associate: $3,000/week Miami; West Palm Beach 1st year: $145,000 Summer Associate: $2,800/week | NA |
Chapman and Cutler LLP | NA | Base Salary Chicago 1st year: $180,000 Summer associate: $3,462/week New York 1st year: $180,000 Salt Lake City 1st year: $130,000 San Francisco 1st year: $180,000 Washington, DC 1st year: $180,000 | NA |
Choate Hall & Stewart LLP | 190000 | Base Salary 1st Year: $180,000 2nd Year: $190,000 3rd Year: $210,000 4th Year: $235,000 5th Year: $260,000 6th Year: $280,000 Summer associate $3462/week | NA |
Clark Partington Hart | NA | NA | NA |
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton | 200000 | Base Salary All Offices 1st year: $190,000 2nd year: $200,000 3rd year: $220,000 4th year: $255,000 5th year: $280,000 6th year: $305,000 7th year: $325,000 8th year: $340,000 Summer associate: $3,654/week (M&A) | NA |
Clifford Chance | 200000 | Base Salary New York, NY 1st year: $190,000 2nd year: $200,000 3rd year: $220,000 4th year: $255,000 5th year: $280,000 6th year: $305,000 7th year: $325,000 8th year: $340,000 9th year+: $350,000 Summer associate: $7,916.67 semi-monthly | NA |
Cohen & Hertz, PC | NA | NA | NA |
Cooley LLP | 200000 | Base Salary All offices 1st year: $190,000 2nd year: $200,000 3rd year: $220,000 4th year: $255,000 5th year: $280,000 6th year: $305,000 7th year: $325,000 8th year: $340,000 9th year: $350,000 Summer Associate: $3,654/week | NA |
Covington & Burling | 200000 | Base Salary 1st year: $190,000 2nd year: $200,000 3rd year: $220,000 4th year: $255,000 5th year: $280,000 6th year: $305,000 7th year: $325,000 8th year: $340,000 Summer associate: $3,654/week | NA |
Cozen O'Connor | NA | Base Salary 1st year: 125,000 to $160,000 (based by location) Summer associate: $2400 to $3076/week (based by location) | NA |
Cravath, Swaine, & Moore | 200000 | Base Salary All offices 1st year: $190,000 2nd year: $200,000 3rd year: $220,000 4th year: $255,000 5th year: $280,000 6th year: $305,000 7th year: $325,000 8th year: $340,000 Summer associate: $3,700/week | NA |
Crowell & Moring LLP | 190000 | Base Salary All U.S. Offices 1st year: $180,000 2nd year: $190,000 3rd year: $210,000 4th year: $235,000 5th year: $260,000 6th year: Merit-based Summer associate: $3,077/week | NA |
Daniel A. Selwa, II, Attorney At Law, LLC | NA | NA | NA |
Daniels Associates, LLP | NA | NA | NA |
Davis Polk & Wardwell | 200000 | Base Salary All offices 1st year: $190,000 2nd year: $200,000 3rd year: $220,000 4th year: $255,000 5th year: $280,000 6th year: $305,000 Summer associate: $3,700/week | NA |
Davis Wright Tremaine | NA | Base Salary Portland 1st year: $120,000 Summer associate: $2,200/week Seattle 1st year: $142,500 Summer associate: $2,500/week Washington, DC 1st year: $150,000 Summer associate: $2,700/week New York, NY 1st year: $155,000 Summer associate: $2,700/week Los Angeles, CA 1st year: $155,000 Summer associate: $2,700/week | NA |
Debevoise & Plimpton | 200000 | Base Salary U.S. offices 1st year: $190,000 2nd year: $200,000 3rd year: $220,000 4th year: $255,000 5th year: $280,000 6th year: $305,000 7th year: $325,000 8th year: $340,000 Summer associates: $3,700/week | NA |
Dechert LLP | 200000 | Base Salary All Offices 1st year: $190,000 2nd year: $200,000 3rd year: $220,000 4th year: $255,000 5th year: $280,000 6th year: $305,000 7th year: $325,000 8th year: $340,000 Summer associate: $3,654/week | NA |
Dentons | NA | NA | NA |
Dickstein Shapiro | 165000 | NA | NA |
Dinsmore & Shohl LLP | NA | Base Salary Cincinnati, Columbus, Dayton, and Pittsburg 1st year: $115,000 Summer associate: $1,950/week Charleston, Morgantown, and Wheeling 1st year: $93,000 Summer associate: $1,050/week Lexington and Louisville 1st year: $107,000 Summer associate: $1,600/week | NA |
DLA Piper | 190000 | Base Salary Atlanta; Phoenix; Raleigh; Short Hills 1st year: $170,000 Summer associate: $3,269/week All other U.S. Offices 1st year: $190,000 Summer associate: $3,654/week *Associate compensation is merit-based | NA |
Dorsey and Whitney | NA | Base Salary Minneapolis, MN 1st year: $120,000 Summer associate: $2,300/week | NA |
Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP | NA | Base Salary Chicago, DC, LA, NY, SF 1st year: $180,000 Summer associate: $3,462/week Other Offices 1st year: $160,000 Summer associate $3,077/week | NA |
Duane Morris LLP | NA | Base Salary Philadelphia, NY, Chicago 1st year: $165,000 Summer associate: $3,173 San Diego 1st year: $150,000 Summer associate: $2,884 Miami 1st year: $140,000 Summer associate: $2,692 | NA |
Dykema Gossett PLLC | NA | Base Salary Ann Arbor, Bloomfield Hills, Detroit, Grand Rapids and Lansing 1st year: $105,000 Summer associate: $1,900/week Chicago, Dallas and Washington, DC 1st year: $135,000 Summer associate: $2,600/week Los Angeles 1st year: $145,000 Summer associate: $2,700/week | NA |
Edelman, Combs, Latturner & Goodwin, LLC | NA | NA | NA |
Edelson PC | $Merit + $50k-$200k bonus | NA | NA |
Elliott & Smith Law Firm | NA | NA | NA |
Faegre Baker Daniels | NA | NA | NA |
Farella Braun + Martel LLP | NA | Base Salary 1st year: $180,000 Summer associate: $3,462/week | NA |
Fenwick & West | 190000 | Base Salary 1st year: $190,000 Summer associate: $3,654/week | NA |
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner | 190000 | Base Salary Washington, DC 1st year: $180,000 2nd year: $190,000 3rd year: $210,000 Summer associate: $3,500/week | NA |
Fish & Richardson | 190000 | Base Salary All offices 1st year: $180,000 2nd year: $190,000 3rd year: $210,000 4th year: $235,000 5th year: $260,000 6th year: $280,000 7th year: $300,000 Summer associate: $3,500/week | NA |
Fitzgerald Campbell | NA | NA | NA |
Flexer Law | NA | NA | NA |
Foley & Lardner | NA | Base Salary Boston; California; Chicago; Dallas; Denver; Houston; NY; Washington DC 1st year: $180,000 Summer associate: $3,500/week | NA |
Foley Hoag LLP | 200000 | Base Salary Boston, MA; Washington, DC; New York, NY 1st year: $190,000 2nd year: $200,000 3rd year: $220,000 Summer associate: $3,462 per week (in 2018) | NA |
Foshee & Yaffe | NA | NA | NA |
Fox Rothschild | NA | Base Salary Denver; Las Vegas 1st year: $115,000 Summer Associate: $2,211/week Atlantic City; Dallas; Minneapolis; Pittsburgh 1st year: $125,000 Summer Associate: $2,403/week Blue Bell; Exton; Miami; West Palm Beach; Warrington 1st year: $135,000 Summer Associate: $2,596/week Morristown; Philadelphia; Princeton; Seattle; Wilmington 1st year: $150,000 Summer Associate: $2,885/week Los Angeles; New York; San Francisco; Washington, DC 1st year: $160,000 Summer Associate: $3,077/week | NA |
Fragomen | NA | NA | NA |
Fred Cohen Law Office | NA | NA | NA |
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer | 200000 | Base Salary U.S. Offices 1st year: $190,000| 2nd year: $200,000 3rd year: $220,000 4th year: $255,000 5th year: $280,000 6th year: $305,000 7th year: $325,000 8th year: $340,000 Summer associate: $3,650/week | NA |
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP | 190000 | Base Salary U.S. Offices 1st year: $180,000 2nd year: $190,000 3rd year: $210,000 4th year: $235,000 5th year: $260,000 6th year: $280,000 7th year: $300,000 8th year: $315,000 9th year: $325,000 Summer associate: $7,500 semi-monthly | NA |
Frost Brown Todd | NA | Base Salary 1st year: $90,000 Summer associate: $1,600/week | NA |
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher | 190000 | Base Salary All offices 1st year: $180,000 2nd year: $190,000 3rd year: $210,000 4th year: $235,000 5th year: $260,000 6th year: 280,000 7th year: $300,000 Summer associate: $3,500/week | NA |
Goldman & Ehrlich | NA | NA | NA |
Goodwin | 200000 | Base Salary 1st year: $190,000 2nd year: $200,000 3rd year: $220,000 4th year: $255,000 5th year: $280,000 6th year: $305,000 7th year: $325,000 Summer associate: $3,650/week | NA |
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP | NA | NA | NA |
Grand Law Firm | NA | NA | NA |
Greenberg Traurig | NA | Base Salary Salaries vary by geographic market New York 1st year: $180,000 | NA |
Hayes Law Firm | NA | NA | NA |
Haynes and Boone | 190000 | Base Salary All Offices 1st year: $190,000 Summer associate: pro-rated based on $180,000 | NA |
Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP | NA | NA | NA |
Hogan Lovells | 200000 | Base Salary Most U.S. Offices 1st year: $190,000 2nd year: $200,000 3rd year: $220,000 4th year: $255,000 5th year: $280,000 6th year: $305,000 7th year: $325,000 8th year: $340,000 Summer Associate: $3,700/week 1st year: $180,000 2nd year: $190,000 3rd year: $210,000 4th year: $235,000 5th year: $260,000 6th year: $280,000 7th year: $300,000 8th year: $315,000 Summer Associate: $3,500/week *Compensation is based on 2000 billable hour levels (after 1850 billable hours, unlimited pro bono) | NA |
Holland & Knight | NA | Base Salary Major Markets (including Boston; Chicago; Dallas; Los Angeles; New York; San Francisco; Tyson's Corner; Washington, DC) 1st year: $180,000 Summer associate: $3,400/week | NA |
Horizon Attorneys and Counselors at Law, PLC | NA | NA | NA |
Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP | 190000 | Base Salary New York, NY 1st year: $180,000 2nd year: $190,000 3rd year: $210,000 4th year: $235,000 5th year: $260,000 6th year: $280,000 7th year: $300,000 8th year: $315,000 Summer associate: $3,461/week | NA |
Hunton & Williams | NA | NA | NA |
Husch Blackwell LLP | NA | NA | NA |
Irell & Manella | 200000 | Base Salary All offices 1st year: $190,000 2nd year: $200,000 3rd year: $220,000 4th year: $255,000 5th year: $280,000 6th year: $305,000 7th year: $325,000 8th year: $340,000 Summer associate: $3,654/week | NA |
Jackson Lewis PC | NA | NA | NA |
Jackson Walker | NA | Base Salary 1st year: $190,000 Summer associate: $3,654/ week | NA |
James Ellis Gumbiner & Associates | NA | NA | NA |
Jenner & Block | 190000 | Base Salary 1st year: $190,000 Summer associate: $3,653.85/week | NA |
Jones Day | NA | Base Salary Cleveland; Columbus; Detroit; Miami; Minneapolis; Pittsburgh 1st year: $160,000 Summer associate: $3,100/week All other U.S. offices 1st year: $180,000 Summer associate: $3,500/week | NA |
K&L Gates | NA | Base Salary Starting salaries fall between $145,000 and $180,000, based on dynamics of the local market. | NA |
Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman LLP | 190000 | Base Salary New York, NY 1st year: $180,000 2nd year: $190,000 3rd year: $210,000 4th year: $235,000 5th year: $260,000 6th year: $280,000 7th year: $300,000 Summer associate: $3,462/week | NA |
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP | 200000 | Base Salary Austin; Chicago; Dallas; Houston; LA; NY; DC 1st year: $190,000 2nd year: $200,000 3rd year: $220,000 4th year: $255,000 5th year: $280,000 6th year: $305,000 7th year: $325,000 8th year: Determined on case-by-case basis Summer associate: $3,564/week | NA |
Kaye Scholer | 200000 | Base Salary All US Offices 1st year: $190,000 2nd year: $200,000 3rd year: $220,000 4th year: $255,000 5th year: $280,000 6th year: $305,000 7th year: $325,000 8th year: $340,000 Summer associate: $3,654 per week | NA |
Kelley Drye & Warren | NA | Base Salary NY and DC 1st year: $170,000 Summer associate: $3,269/ week | NA |
Kilpatrick Townsend | NA | Base Salary 1st year: $135,000/$180,000 Summer associate: $2,981/$3,462/week | NA |
King & Spalding | 190000 | Base Salary Starting salary for 1st year associates: $155,000 - $180,000 (depending on location) | NA |
Kirkland & Ellis | 200000 | Base Salary All U.S. offices: 1st year: $190,000 2nd year: $200,000 3rd year: $220,000 4th year: $255,000 5th year: $280,000 6th year: $305,000 Summer associate: $3,654/week | NA |
Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP | NA | Base Salary 1st year: $170,000 Summer associate: $3,250/week | NA |
Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP | $200,000 | Base Salary New York, NY 1st year: $190,000 2nd year: $200,000 3rd year: $220,000 4th year: $255,000 5th year: $280,000 6th year: $305,000 7th year: $325,000 8th year: $340,000 9th year+: $350,000 Summer associate: $3,700/week | NA |
KRB Law | NA | NA | NA |
Krupp Law Offices, P.C. | NA | NA | NA |
Kutak Rock LLP | NA | NA | NA |
Latham & Watkins LLP | 200000 | Base Salary All US offices 1st year: $190,000 2nd year: $200,000 3rd year: $220,000 4th year: $255,000 5th year: $280,000 6th year: $305,000 7th year: $325,000 8th year: $340,000 9th year: $350,000 Summer associate: $3,700/week 2L Scholar: $3,700/week 1L Fellow: $3,700/week | NA |
Law Office of Carl W. Zugelter | NA | NA | NA |
Law Offices of Tracy Duell-Cazes | NA | NA | NA |
Lawrence & Associates, LLC | NA | NA | NA |
Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC | NA | NA | NA |
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP | NA | NA | NA |
Linklaters | 200000 | Base Salary New York, NY 1st year: $190,000 2nd year: $200,000 3rd year: $220,000 4th year: $255,000 5th year: $280,000 6th year: $305,000 7th year: $325,000 8th year: $340,000 Summer associate: $3,700/week | NA |
Littler Mendelson P.C. | NA | Base Salary Per firm policy, Littler does not disclose salary information. | NA |
Locke Lord Bissell and Lidell | NA | NA | NA |
Locke Lord LLP | $310k lg mkts | Base Salary Large Market 1st year: $180,000 Summer associate: $3,461.50/week Small Market 1st year: $155,000 Summer associate: $2,980/week | NA |
Loeb & Loeb LLP | $190,000 | Base Salary 1st year: $180,000 2nd year: $190,000 3rd year: $200,000 4th year: $215,000 5th year: $225,000 6th year: $235,000 7th year: $250,000 8th year: $260,000 | NA |
Lowenstein Sandler | NA | Base Salary 1st: $180,000 Summer associate: $3,500 | NA |
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP | NA | NA | NA |
Mayer Brown | 200000 | Base Salary U.S. Offices 1st year: $190,000 2nd year: $200,000 3rd year: $220,000 4th year: $255,000 5th year: $280,000 6th year: $305,000 7th year: $325,000 8th year: $340,000 Summer associate: Based on the annualized salary of $190,000 | NA |
McCarter & English | NA | Base Salary 1st year: $150,000 | NA |
McDermott Will & Emery | $200,000 | Base Salary All offices 1st year: $190,000 2nd year: $200,000 3rd year: $220,000 4th year: $255,000 5th year: $280,000 6th year: $305,000 7th year: $325,000 8th year: $340,000 Summer associate: $3,654/week | NA |
McGuireWoods LLP | NA | Base Salary Atlanta; Baltimore; Charlotte; Richmond; Pittsburgh 1st year: $155,000 Raleigh 1st year: $145,000 Charlottesville 1st year: $135,000 Norfolk; Wilmington 1st year: $130,000 Jacksonville 1st year: $120,000 Austin; Chicago; Dallas; Houston; LA; NY; SF; Tysons; DC 1st year: $175,000 | NA |
McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP | NA | NA | NA |
Milbank, Tweed, Hadley, & McCloy | 200000 | Base Salary New York 1st year: $190,000 2nd year: $200,000 3rd year: $220,000 4th year: $255,000 5th year: $280,000 6th year: $305,000 7th year: $325,000 8th year: $340,000 Summer associate: $3,654/week | NA |
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo | $190,000 | Base Salary 1st year: $180,000 2nd year: $190,000 3rd year: $210,000 4th year: $235,000 5th year: $260,000 6th year: $280,000 7th year: $300,000 | NA |
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP | 190000 | Base Salary All U.S. Offices 1st year: $190,000 Summer associate: $36,500/summer | NA |
Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP | NA | Base Salary Atlanta Year: $155,000 Summer associate: $2,980/week D.C. 1st year: $165,000 Summer associate: $3,173/week | NA |
Morrison & Foerster LLP | $200,000 | Base Salary All U.S. offices/U.S. practice attorneys in international offices 1st year: $190,000 2nd year: $200,000 3rd year: $220,000 4th year: $255,000 5th year: $280,000 6th year: $305,000 7th year: $325,000 8th year: $340,000 Summer associate: $3,654/week | NA |
Munger Tolles & Olson | 200000 | Base Salary All offices 1st year: $190,000 2nd year: $200,000 3rd year: $220,000 4th year: $255,000 5th year: $280,000 6th year: $305,000 7th year: $325,000 8th year: $340,000 Summer associate: $3,654/week | NA |
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough | NA | Base Salary South Carolina - 1st year: $115,000 North Carolina - 1st year: $140,000 Georgia - 1st year: $150,000 Washington, DC - 1st year: $160,000 Massachusetts - 1st year: $155,000 West Virginia - 1st year: $95,000 Tennessee - 1st year: $125,000 Florida - 1st year: $115,000 New York - 1st year: $170,000 Colorado - 1st year: $160,000 Summer associates: $1,000-2,600/week | NA |
Neufeld, Kleinberg & Pinkiert, PA | NA | NA | NA |
Nixon Peabody LLP | $185,000 | Base Salary Metro Market Offices 1st year: $180,000 2nd year: $185,000 3rd year: $190,000 4th year: Performance-based with top tier at $215,000 5th year: Performance-based with top tier at $235,000 6th year: Performance-based with top tier at $250,000 7th year: Performance-based with top tier at $260,000 Summer associate: $3,460/week | NA |
Nolan, Thompson & Leighton | NA | NA | NA |
Norton Rose Fulbright | NA | Base Salary California; New York; Texas; Washington, DC 1st year: $190,000 Summer associate: $3,700/week | NA |
O'Melveny & Myers LLP | 200000 | Base Salary U.S. offices 1st year: $190,000 2nd year: $200,000 3rd year: $220,000 4th year: $255,000 5th year: $280,000 6th year: $305,000 7th year: $325,000 8th year: $340,000 Summer associate: $3,700/week | NA |
Ogletree Deakins Nash | NA | Base Salary Varies by location | NA |
Optima Tax Relief | NA | NA | NA |
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe | $190k major - $175,000 small | Base Salary Seattle/Portland/Sacramento Associate level 1: $175,000 Associate level 2: $185,000 Associate level 3: $200,000 Managing Associate: $230,000-270,000 Senior Associate: $295,000 Summer Associate: $3,365/week Other US offices Associate level 1: $190,000 Associate level 2: $200,000 Associate Level 3: $220,000 Managing Associate: $255,000-305,000 Senior Associate: $325,000 Summer associate: $3,654/week | NA |
Osborn Maledon, P.A. | NA | NA | NA |
Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler | 200000 | Base Salary New York, NY 1st year: $190,000 2nd year: $200,000 3rd year: $220,000 4th year: $255,000 5th year: $280,000 | NA |
Paul Hastings LLP | $200,000 | Base Salary All domestic offices 1st year: $190,000 2nd year: $200,000 3rd year: $220,000 4th year: $255,000 5th year: $280,000 6th year: $305,000 7th year: $325,000 8th year: $340,000 Summer associate: $3,700/week | NA |
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP | 200000 | Base Salary All offices 1st year: $190,000 2nd year: $200,000 3rd year: $220,000 4th year: $255,000 5th year: $280,000 6th year: $305,000 7th year: $325,000 8th year: $340,000 9th year+: $350,000 Summer associate: $3,700/week | NA |
Pepper Hamilton | NA | Base Salary Berwyn; Philadelphia; Princeton; Wilmington 1st year: $160,000 Summer associate (2L): $2,900/week | NA |
Perkins Coie | $170,000 | Base Salary Salaries vary among offices based on location. | NA |
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP | $190,000 | Base Salary All offices 1st year: $180,000 2nd year: $190,000 3rd year: $210,000 4th year: $235,000 5th year: $260,000 6th year: $280,000 7th year: $300,000 8th year: $315,000 Summer associate: $3,462/week | NA |
Poch & Luckow, P.C. | NA | NA | NA |
Polsinelli PC | NA | Base Salary 1st year: $135,000-$160,000 Summer associates: $2,595-$3,075/week | NA |
Proskauer Rose LLP | $200,000 | Base Salary Boston; Chicago; Los Angeles; New York; Washington, DC 1st year: $190,000 2nd year: $200,000 3rd year: $220,000 4th year: $255,000 5th year: $280,000 6th year: $305,000 7th year: $325,000 8th year: $340,000 Summer Associate: $3,654/week Newark 1st year: $160,000 2nd year: $165,000 3rd year: $155,000?$170,000 4th year: $159,000?$175,000 5th year: $163,000?$180,000 6th year: $166,000?$185,000 7th year: $169,000?$190,000 Summer associate: $3,077/week | NA |
Pryor Cashman LLP | NA | NA | NA |
Quarles & Brady LLP | NA | Base Salary Indianapolis, Milwaukee, Madison, Naples, Phoenix, Scottsdale, Tampa Tucson 1st year: $130,000 Summer associate: $2,500/week Chicago; Washington, DC 1st year: $150,000 Summer associate: $2,875/week | NA |
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP | $200,000 | Base Salary All offices 1st year: $190,000 2nd year: $200,000 3rd year: $220,000 4th year: $255,000 5th year: $280,000 6th year: $305,000 7th year: $325,000 Summer associate: $3,654/week There is a $105,000 clerkship bonus for Federal judicial clerks. Qualifying double clerkships are eligible for $125,000. | NA |
Reed Smith | 190000 | Base Salary Philadelphia; Wilmington; Princeton: 1st year: $160,000; Summer associate: $6,667 semi-monthly Pittsburgh: 1st year: $145,000; Summer associate: 6,042 semi-monthly Richmond: 1st year: $130,000; Summer associate: $5,416 semi-monthly All Other U.S. Offices: 1st year: $180,000; Summer associate: $7,500 semi-monthly | NA |
Rhoads and Rhoads, P.S.C. | NA | NA | NA |
Ropes & Gray LLP | $190,000 | Base Salary All offices 1st year: $190,000 Summer associate: $3,500/week | NA |
Schiff Hardin LLP | NA | Base Salary All Offices 1st Year: $180,000 Summer associate: $3,461/week | NA |
Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP | $200,000 | Base Salary 1st year: $190,000 2nd year: $200,000 3rd year: $220,000 4th year: $255,000 5th year: $280,000 6th year: $305,000 7th year: $325,000 8th year: $340,000 9th year: $350,000 Summer associate: $3,654/week | NA |
Seyfarth Shaw | NA | Base Salary Boston; Chicago; Los Angeles; San Francisco; Washington DC 1st year: $165,000 Summer Associates: $3,173/week New York 1st year: $180,000 Summer Associates: $3,461/week Houston 1st year: $160,000 Atlanta 1st year: $155,000 Summer Associates: $2,980/week Sacramento 1st year: $150,000 | NA |
Shearman & Sterling LLP | $190,000 | Base Salary New York, NY 1st year: $180,000 2nd year: $190,000 3rd year: $210,000 4th year: $235,000 5th year: $260,000 6th year: $280,000 7th year: $300,000 8th year: $315,000 9th year: $325,000 Summer associate: $3,500/week | NA |
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton | $200,000 | Base Salary All offices 1st year: $190,000 2nd year: $200,000 3rd year: $220,000 4th year: $255,000 5th year: $280,000 6th year: $305,000 7th year: $325,000 8th year: $340,000 Summer associate: $3,654/week | NA |
Shook Hardy and Bacon | NA | Base Salary Orange County and San Francisco 1st year: $145,000 Summer associate: $2,750/week Kansas City, Tampa, & Seattle 1st year: $130,000 Summer associate: $2,500/week Miami 1st year: $140,000 Summer associate: $2,700/week Washington, DC 1st year: $150,000 Summer associate: $2,850/week Houston 1st year: $160,000 Summer associate: $3,050/week Chicago 1st year: $180,000 Summer associate: $3,450/week | NA |
Sidley Austin LLP | $200,000 | Base Salary All Offices 1st year: $190,000 2nd year: $200,000 3rd year: $220,000 4th year: $255,000 5th year: $280,000 6th year: $305,000 7th year: $325,000 8th year: $340,000 Summer associate: $3,700/week | NA |
Sills Cummis & Gross | NA | NA | NA |
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP | $200,000 | Base Salary All U.S. offices 1st year: $190,000 2nd year: $200,000 3rd year: $220,000 4th year: $255,000 5th year: $280,000 6th year: $305,000 7th year: $325,000 8th year: $340,000 Summer associate: $3,660/week | NA |
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom | $200,000 | Base Salary All offices 1st year: $190,000 2nd year: $200,000 3rd year: $220,000 4th year: $255,000 5th year: $280,000 6th year: $305,000 7th year: $325,000 8th year: $340,000 Summer associate: $3,700/week 1L Scholar: $3,700/week | NA |
Smalley Law Firm | NA | NA | NA |
Snell & Wilmer LLP | NA | NA | NA |
Sobel & Erwin, PLLC | NA | NA | NA |
Squire Patton Boggs | NA | NA | NA |
Steptoe & Johnson | $190,000 | NA | NA |
Stinson Leonard Street LLP | NA | Base Salary 1st year: $125,000 Summer: $2,100/week | NA |
Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP | $200,000 | Base Salary New York, NY 1st year - $190,000 2nd year - $200,000 3rd year - $220,000 4th year - $255,000 5th year - $280,000 6th year - $305,000 7th year - $325,000 8th year - $340,000 Summer associate: $3,563/week | NA |
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP | $200,000 | Base Salary All offices 1st year: $190,000 2nd year: $200,000 3rd year: $220,000 4th year: $255,000 5th year: $280,000 6th year: $305,000 7th year: $325,000 8th year: $340,000 Summer associate: $7,916.67 semi-monthly | NA |
Sullivan & Worcester LLP | 170000 | Base Salary 1st year: $160,000 2nd year: $170,000 Summer associate: $3,077/week | NA |
Susman Godfrey | $205,000 | Base Salary All offices 1st year: $195,000 2nd year: $205,000 3rd year: $225,000 4th year: $260,000 5th year: $285,000 6th year: $310,000 7th year: $330,000 Summer associate: $3,500/week | NA |
Sutherland Asbill & Brennan | NA | Base Salary Atlanta 1st year: $165,000 Summer associate: $2,981/week Austin; DC: Houston; New York; Sacramento 1st year: $190,000 Summer associate: $3,462/week (DC) | NA |
The Colpitts Law Firm | NA | NA | NA |
The Hardin Law Firm, PLC | NA | NA | NA |
The Kreager Law Firm | NA | NA | NA |
Thompson & Knight | $200,000 | Base Salary 1st year: $190,000 2nd year: $200,000 3rd year: $220,000 4th year: $255,000 5th year: $280,000 6th year: $305,000 7th year: $325,000 8th year: $340,000 Summer associate: $3,653/week | NA |
Thompson Hine LLP | NA | Base Salary 1st year: $125,000 (Cleveland); $115,000 (Cincinnati, Columbus, Dayton); $140,000 (ATL); $145,000 (DC); $160,000 (NY) Summer associate: $2,100/week | NA |
Troutman Sanders | NA | Base Salary 1st year: $180,000 Summer associate: $3,000/week | NA |
Vedder Price | NA | Base Salary 1st year: $180,000 Summer associate: $3,462/week | NA |
Venable LLP | 190000 | Base Salary All offices 1st year: $180,000 Summer associate: $3,460/week | NA |
Vinson & Elkins | $200,000 | Base Salary All U.S. offices 1st year: $190,000 2nd year: $200,000 3rd year: $220,000 4th year: $255,000 5th year: $280,000 6th year: $305,000 7th year: $325,000 8th year: $340,000 Summer associate: $3,654/week | NA |
Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease, LLP | NA | Base Salary 1st year: $120,000 Summer associate: $2,308/week | NA |
Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz | NA | Base Salary All offices 1st year: $185,000 Summer associate: $3,550/week | NA |
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP | $200,000 | Base Salary All offices 1st year: $190,000 2nd year: $200,000 3rd year: $220,000 4th year: $255,000 5th year: $280,000 6th year: $305,000 7th year: $325,000 8th year: $340,000 Summer associate: $3,700/week | NA |
White & Case LLP | $200,000 | Base Salary New York, NY 1st year: $190,000 2nd year: $200,000 3rd year: $220,000 4th year: $255,000 5th year: $280,000 6th year: $305,000 7th year: $325,000 8th year: $340,000 Summer associate: $3,700/week | NA |
Wiley Rein LLP | $190,000 | Base Salary 1st year: $180,000 2nd year: $190,000 3rd year: $210,000 4th year: $235,000 5th year+: Case by Case Summer associate: $3,465/week | NA |